Can we label a piece of targeted fake news an act of war? Can foreign agents fragment our society? Together with experts Prof. Keir Giles, and Prof. Dr. Alessandro Politi we try to unravel how hybrid tactics, covert operations and information warfare threaten democratic nations and if resilience building and good democratic governance can go hand in hand. Can regulations prevent the loss of individual freedom for the sake of national security? Could the rise of indirect and strategic warfare result in the weaponization of modern-day democracy? And how can we stay one step ahead of becoming a target? We will dive into these complexities of Hybrid Warfare and more, in this episode of Invisible Trenches.
Prof. Keir Giles
· Click here for Prof. Giles new book ‘Russia’s War on Everybody’: https://amzn.to/3aPtKxB
Book (2019):‘Moskow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West‘: https://www.brookings.edu/book/moscow-rules/
· Research Paper (2021): https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/09/what-deters-russia
· Working Paper: ‘Hybrid Threats’ -What Can We Learn From Russia?: https://www.baks.bund.de/en/working-papers/2019/hybrid-threats-what-can-we-learn-from-russia
Alessandro Politi:
· Prof. Dr. Politi is the Director of the Nato Defense College Foundation https://www.natofoundation.org/about-us/
· Research Paper (1997): European Security - The New Transnational Risk: https://www.iss.europa.eu/sites/default/files/EUISSFiles/cp029e.pdf
· Research Paper (1998): Towards a European Intelligence Policy – Why is European Intelligence Policy Necessary?: https://www.iss.europa.eu/sites/default/files/EUISSFiles/cp034e.pdf
Suggestions on Hybrid Warfare in general:
· NATO Review Article (2021): https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2021/11/30/hybrid-warfare-new-threats-complexity-and-trust-as-the-antidote/index.html
· For more clarity on the conceptualization of ‘hybrid warfare’ and its implications for Western defense policy: Hybrid Warfare: A Dramatic Example of Conceptual Stretching: https://doi.org/10.37458/nstf.23.1.5
· NATO Reflection Group - Final Report (2020): NATO 2030 – United for a New Era: https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2020/12/pdf/201201-Reflection-Group-Final-Report-Uni.pdf
